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Lost and Found in Prague
Lost and Found in Prague | Kelly Jones
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The author of The Woman Who Heard Color transports readers to a dreary Good Friday in Prague in an "intriguing thriller"* as the mysterious death of a nun sets off a tangled chain of events that inexorably draws three strangers togetherand forever changes their lives Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, aspiring journalist Dana Pierson joined the hordes of young people traveling to Eastern Europe to be a part of history. There, she and her best friend were swept up in the excitement of the Velvet Revolution. Twenty years later, Dana returns to the city of her youthful rebellion to reconnect with her old confidant, who never left the city. But the visit that was reserved for healing intimacies and giddy reminiscences is marred by a strange death in one of Pragues most famous Catholic churchesand an even more peculiar mystery surrounding it In a city where the past is never far from the present, Dana must work with a conflicted Italian priest and a world-weary Czech investigator to unlock dark secrets hidden in Pragues twisted streets. But the key to solving the puzzle may lie in memories of Danas long-ago visit, even as she is forced to face the reality of a more recent loss *Publisher Weekly From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Wow @LibrarianRyan is one awesome Litten! I love my prize and I got a letter with it! You are so amazing!!! This book turned out pretty good as well. A few editing flubs annoyed the heck out of me. But it was a complex mystery that the authored handled decently. It tied up too easily though and I hate when the solution to the mystery is told by one character to another rather than resolved in the action of the narrative. 3 🌟🌟🌟/ 5.

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How did the editor not catch this? Page 121: MC has broken glasses and can only see a "bulky figure" whom "she could not make out the details of his face." She and this man walk to have a cup of coffee (with no stops to repair the broken glasses) so two pages later, page 123, MC can see the man's "nostrils quiver with the slightest agitation." Really??? He's a priest, so no, they are not in a loving embrace. ?

LeahBergen 🤔 8y
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The first paragraph of chapter 3 is a wa-a-y overdone attempt at "atmosphere." I nearly #threwitacrosstheroom for what we folks in Texas call "hokeyness." Get over yourself and get on with the story. Needless to say by the next paragraph the author abandoned most of the "atmosphere" and it hasn't been seen since. And the book has markedly improved for it. Why didn't an editor chop this idiotic paragraph?

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What a haul from the used bookstore last night!! I haven't found so many wonderful books at one time in such a long time. Do any look good to you?

Frecks-Booklover4life Night circus!! Great find! 8y
britt_brooke 💙💙💙 The Things They Carried 8y
DebinHawaii What a great haul! 👍📚 8y
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[DELETED] 3323341091 Tim O'Brien 💓! 8y
Texreader @Frecks-Booklover4life @britt_brooke I felt so lucky to find both these books in like new condition!! 8y
Texreader @DebinHawaii My husband walked out with a significantly smaller stack. Should I feel guilty that I got so lucky? 8y
Shemac77 Allende and Gabaldon!!! 8y
Coleen I read another of Sally Beauman's that I loved. 8y
Texreader @Shemac77 I've read both these lovely authors so these were easy picks. Yay! 8y
Texreader @fern Glad to hear you liked him. I hope I do too. 8y
Texreader @Coleen So glad to hear that. I was a little brevity about this one but Rebecca was my first fave book ever and I've probably read it more times than anything else. So I am interested in another take on the mystery. 8y
Texreader Nervous NOT brevity. Typo in last comment. My goodness. 8y
ErikasMindfulShelf The Night Circus is soooo good!!💕 8y
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